| NOUN | communication | rumor, rumour, hearsay | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth |
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| VERB | communication | rumor, rumour, bruit | tell or spread rumors |
| Sounds | ruw'mer | |
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| Rhymes | Amor ... Zimmer: 100 rhymes with mer... | |
| Meaning | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth. | |
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| Synonyms | rumour, hearsay | |
| Broader | gossip, comment, scuttlebutt | A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people |
| Spanish | chisme, chismorreo, cotilleo, fábula, hablada, habladuría, hablilla, rumores, rumor, voz | |
| Catalan | enraonia, murmuració, rumor, xafardeig, xafarderia | |
| Verbs | rumor | tell or spread rumors |
| Meaning | tell or spread rumors. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman" | |
| Synonyms | rumour, bruit | |
| Broader | dish the dirt, gossip | wag one's tongue |
| Spanish | rumorear | |
| Nouns | rumor | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth |
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